Identifier: greatestnations05elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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s, to revolt aaginst Charles; and they seized this ill-advisedmoment to turn out the Burgundian garrison and defy the duke. He wasvery near to killing Louis in his rage, and the badly frightened King consentedto everything Charles asked, even accompanying him with some of the royaltroops to punish Liege. The citizens resisted stoutly, and Louis had thedoubtful pleasure of hearing his name shouted as their champion by both be-siegers and besieged. The city was stormed and utterly destroyed. Chief counsellor of Louis in this wretched business was the Cardinal Balue,whom Louis discovered to be also in the pay of the Burgundian. The unfor-tunate counsellor was arrested and kept for years imprisoned in an iron cage,said to have been originally Balues own invention for torturing criminals. Itwas so small he could neither lie down nor stand upright, and we are told thatLouis took a savage pleasure in visiting and watching the long misery of the•wretch who had brought about his humiliation.
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THE WOMEN OF BEAUVAIS DEFENDING THEIR CITY UNDER JEANNE HACHETTE \ France—Louis XI. Seizes Burgundy 851 The King soon retrieved his blunder of Peronne. Returning to his shrewderpolicy, he kept himself in the background, while stirring up enemies againstCharles on every side. The Burgundian prince now set no bounds to hisambition. He was already a king in fact; he sought to become one in namealso. He planned to be Emperor of Germany, and all the time seemed to.become more and more hot-tempered and reckless, sacrificing truth and honorto his pride, if he was not actually insane with vanity. His shrewdest cour-tiers began to abandon him and gather round Louis—straws which showedclearly whither the wind was blowing. In 1472 the Burgundian invaded France without declaring war, almost with-out excuse for war. The little town of Nesle was captured and its inhabitantswere massacred. Tis a fair sight, cried out Charles. I have right goodbutchers with me.. Then he attacked Beauvais, but its

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